Plate 46: Habit de Folie: a woman in a ballet pose, wearing a bonnet and holding a marotte in her right hand, from 'New designs for costumes' (Nouveaux desseins d'habillements à l'usage des balets operas et comedies)

Q: When was "Plate 46: Habit de Folie: a woman in a ballet pose, wearing a bonnet and holding a marotte in her right hand, from 'New designs for costumes' (Nouveaux desseins d'habillements à l'usage des balets operas et comedies)" created?

This artwork was created ca. 1721.

Q: Is "Plate 46: Habit de Folie: a woman in a ballet pose, wearing a bonnet and holding a marotte in her right hand, from 'New designs for costumes' (Nouveaux desseins d'habillements à l'usage des balets operas et comedies)" in the public domain?

Yes, Plate 46: Habit de Folie: a woman in a ballet pose, wearing a bonnet and holding a marotte in her right hand, from 'New designs for costumes' (Nouveaux desseins d'habillements à l'usage des balets operas et comedies) is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Claude Gillot|François Joullain

ca. 1721

Plate 46: Habit de Folie: a woman in a ballet pose, wearing a bonnet and holding a marotte in her right hand, from 'New designs for costumes' (Nouveaux desseins d'habillements à l'usage des balets operas et comedies) by Claude Gillot|François Joullain

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

image: 5 7/8 x 3 3/8 in. (15 x 8.6 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Accession Number

2012.136.377.1

Tags

WomenCostumesBallet

Art Historical Context

In the lavish world of early 18th-century French theater, Plate 46: *Habit de Folie* from *Nouveaux desseins d'habillements à l'usage des balets operas et comedies* captures the whimsical essence of performance costume design. Created around 1721 by Claude Gillot, a pioneering Rococo artist known for his lively scenes of commedia dell'arte and festive gatherings, and etched by François Joullain, this print depicts a graceful woman in a ballet pose. She wears an elaborate bonnet and clutches a marotte—a fool's scepter topped with a jester's head—embodying the playful "Folly" character central t...

About the Artist

Claude Gillot|François Joullain · 1673–1722

Artist known for his elegant designs done in the Rococo manner of Audran; also for his predilection for scenes from the 'comedia dell'arte.' Few paintings survive; his work is known mainly through drawings and etchings. Comment on works: Genre; History

Plate 46: Habit de Folie: a woman in a ballet pose, wearing a bonnet and holding a marotte in her right hand, from 'New designs for costumes' (Nouveaux desseins d'habillements à l'usage des balets operas et comedies)

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